Events for September 17, 2026
9-Day Centering Prayer Retreat: Intensives I, II, and Post
SEPTEMBER 9-17, 2026 This retreat offers an in-depth experience of silent prayer for those who already have an established practice of Centering Prayer of 6 months or more. It is an opportunity for deeper union with God through communal sharing of silence and stillness. This retreat offers three tracks simultaneously: Intensive I, Intensive II,
Eight Day Centering Prayer Dual Track Intensive/Post Intensive Retreat
The Eight-Day Centering Prayer Dual Track Intensive / Post Intensive Retreat offered from Friday, September 11 – Friday, September 18, 2026, provides an opportunity to deepen the practice of Centering Prayer in an atmosphere of profound silence and community support. The Intensive track will follow the Contemplative Outreach guidelines for an Intensive Retreat including six
8-day Centering Prayer Intensive and Post-Intensive retreat
South Dakota and Nebraska Contemplative Outreach invite you to an 8-day Centering Prayer Retreat September 13 -20, 2026 Creighton Retreat Center, located 45 minutes from Omaha, NE near Griswold, IA, is a beautiful location, among the trees with comfortable accommodations, delicious meals, trails, and a labyrinth. The retreat will offer two tracks. If this is
Contemplative Attitudes
This is an Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat based on the work of David Frenette in his seminal book, The Path of Centering Prayer, hailed by Fr. Thomas Keating as, ‘The best, most comprehensive and most practical book on Centering Prayer.’ David Frenette is a leader and senior teacher in the Centering prayer movement, a longtime
God is All and All – The Evolution of the Contemplative Christian Spiritual Journey (via Zoom)
The book God is All in All: The Evolution of the Contemplative Christian Spiritual Journey is an edited transcript of a talk Father Thomas Keating presented at Snowmass, Colorado, at the 2012 Annual Conference of Contemplative Outreach. In 2018, Father Thomas gave permission for three of his friends and companions on his journey, Father Carl
